Lest we forget, Cook attempted to enter Wellington harbour on two occasions (once on the Endeavour and once on the Resolution) and failed both times. Not a good omen really. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Kupe and Cook: Names of new Cook Strait ferries announced

The two new Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook.

rnz.co.nz

This will get less media attention than the last few days of fawning Paul Henry stories.. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

‘I am guilty’: Former ACT Party president has jail time added for latest sex charge

The latest victim of Timothy Jago said he still suffers from fear and anxiety after he was sexually abused in the 1990s.

stuff.co.nz

What does a wealth tax actually look like? We sent Brighty Buoy and his tiny balls to Wimbledon to chat to fans 🎾

Food for thought…💭🤔 #nzpol #NZ #OneTermGovernment #Election2026NZ

Remember: if you’re a Green-leaning Left voter, you’re not the target demographic for Opportunity - but if you’re a disaffected National voter that doesn’t like the swing to the hard right then you absolutely are … hence the positioning #nzpol

Sam[uel] Smith@sgowsmith1988.bsky.social · last mo.

The Opportunity Party ‘would be happy’ to go into coalition with National www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

I will vote for the party that does this. #nzpol

Bronwyn Hayward@bmhayward.bsky.social · last mo.

To repeat: NZ finds itself at the bottom of the OECD on lobbying - we basically have no effective rules governing lobbying This is eroding voter trust in democracy. It is corruption in plain sight NZ needs fair transparent regulations-any political parties ensuring this will get voter support

corruption allegation facing NZ 2 NZ firms draft a law to stop a Māori leader challenging their climate inaction. A senior staffer to NZ PM received it in undisclosed, private email Govt defence? they’d have drafted a law anyway OECD: NZ lacks lobby regulation www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Anti‑Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026: New Zealand

This country-specific factsheet draws from Public Integrity Indicators data on key aspects of countries’ integrity systems, including lobbying, conflict of interest and judicial integrity.

oecd.org

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For all the people who think if we tax the super wealthy they'll just leave. No, most of them won't. #nzpol

Andy McKay@korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Decades of economic research show that billionaire “flight” is rare, exaggerated, and often confused with tax avoidance through accounting maneuvers rather than physical relocation. Policymakers who mistake avoidance for exit risk misdesign taxes and leave substantial revenue on the table."

The #antichoice #antiabortion unqualified Health Minister Simeon Brown has removed 2 health professionals from the Medical Council b/c 'ideology'. This is unhinged & a tactic from the anti- #abortion playbook. He is positioning himself to be the decision maker to then attack abortion rights #nzpol

The OECD concluded that a NZ LNG import terminal was likely to drive up prices leading to deindustrialisation: “For many internationally‑exposed industries, LNG‑linked energy prices would likely be too high to sustain competitiveness, risking further rapid deindustrialisation.” (p.57)

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Here we go again Aotearoa. I can’t read the Press article but I’m guessing there’s no questioning these Principals about what mitigations they have in place, other than wiping surfaces FFS?!?! CLEAN THE AIR, QUIT ALLOWING SICK STUDENTS TO ATTEND

Is now the time to get t-shirts printed up saying "Jim Grenon funds lawsuits for racists"? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Judge rejects billionaire Jim Grenon’s bid to stop media reporting

Jim Grenon’s lawyer argued media reporting of his ongoing involvement in the “wholly unsuccessful” defamation case could lead to an attack on the billionaire’s reputation.

stuff.co.nz

In ‘Clean Green New Zealand’, the government has just scrapped the Ministry for the Environment. A shameful abandonment of our values as a nation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Ministry for the Environment officially scrapped in Parliament vote

Its demise makes way for the creation of the new Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport

rnz.co.nz

Literally EVERYTHING we are fighting about & for could be solved by taxing the rich. EVERYTHING Fucking housing, fucking energy, fucking social inequality, fucking environment, fucking cost of living, fucking everything. STOP VOTING NEOLIBERAL SOCK PUPPETS FOR THE MEGA RICH End of transmission

Luxon, Willis, Jones etc wasted two years pretending the parrot was not dead. Two years when we should have been transitioning off fossil gas. Fossil fuels are expensive, unreliable and dirty for the climate. Time to embrace our clean energy future. newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/26/g...

Govt finally acknowledges the end of gas is nigh

Analysis: Plummeting gas reserves mean the Government can no longer ignore the reality that domestic gas in NZ is dead, not just resting, writes Marc Daalder.

newsroom.co.nz

“Z Energy confirmed to RNZ it had provided a document to govt in 2024 & Fonterra confirmed it had done the same with a hard copy.” A spokesperson for the PM says his office was made aware of these meetings & briefing notes through the media, & have no record of either on file". No record? #nzpol

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying' - climate activist

Holy moly. Luxon on tv tonight denying his office ever saw the draft climate law given to his office by Fonterra & Z Energy; the companies confirm they handed them over. Language of our draft legislation almost identical. Banger of a story www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol

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This piece is an excellent read. @jsweetli.bsky.social followed the global adventures of a NZ/US dual passport holder who left the hantavirus cruise ship before we even knew there was an outbreak. Shows the risks this particular kind of cruise and traveller pose from a public health perspective!

Jacqueline Sweet@jsweetli.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: After I tracked down a passenger from the MV Hondius traveling through several countries after leaving the ship after the hantavirus outbreak began, I discovered New York hadn't been alerted to the Manhattan resident as a possible contact case. theintercept.com/2026/05/15/c...

144 NZ Police Officers left for Australia in the last year National offered an arguably worse pay offer than Labour in 2024 surprising cops, forced police into arbitration & removed water cooling stations Many have left Gang numbers now exceed police, while gang profits double under National

The Israeli Occupation Forces have ABDUCTED New Zealand citizen Jerome (Jay) O’Connor aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. (see alt) MFAT Emergency Line 0800 30 10 30 MFAT Office +64 4 439 8000 Call Winston Peters at Parliament +64 4 817 9999 0800 7273 6282 #NZPol #kikorangi

The Israeli Occupation Forces have ABDUCTED New Zealand citizen Mousa Taher @mousa_al_kiwi aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. MFAT Emergency Line 0800 30 10 30 MFAT Office +64 4 439 8000 Call Winston Peters at Parliament +64 4 817 9999 0800 7273 6282 #NZPol #kikorangi

This government is literally undermining Aotearoa’s unwritten constitution and enforcing an abusive parliamentary supremacy that has already destroyed people’s belief in the law as a fair and just instrument. If the law has no relationship with natural justice then it is just oppressive! 😡 #nzpol

Andrew@openpolicy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A useful piece, reminding us how NZ’s government has consistently failed to respect the judgments of the courts, and opted to legislate away the decisions they don’t like. thejackalman.blogspot.com/2026/04/luxo...

This doesn't seem to have had much coverage, or did I miss it? reneweconomy.com.au/nz-orders-ne...

NZ orders networks to "buy back" rooftop solar during peaks, in suite of DER-boosting reforms

No rebates has meant slow rooftop solar uptake in NZ. But a range of progressive electricity market reforms is seeking to unlock the full value of distributed energy for consumers and the grid.

reneweconomy.com.au

"America started a war. The economic pain will be borne by countries that never asked for it" www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/b...

America started a war. The economic pain will be borne by countries that never asked for it | CNN Business

The war in Iran has delivered what economists call a “black swan” event — an unforeseen shock so destructive, no one is immune to it.

cnn.com

This should be career-ending for Ms Willis 🤬🤬🤬 #OneTermGovernment #NZPol

Mountain Tui@mountaintui.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New Chinese Cook strait ferries for NZ expected to cost up to $120m more. Gov only has $31m before breaching $2B funding cap i.e Project overrun likely after they threw away ~$1B to terminate 2026 hybrid i-Rex feries that NZ got for 40% off of market price Willis: "I've delivered" (flashback vid)

You can literally see where this government increased our exposure to oil price shock There is no reason for this other than oil money funding politics #nzpol

@gen-toop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NZ'ers are paying $3 a litre for petrol. Did Luxon's Govt make this situation worse? Let's check the receipts: 1) They collapsed the EV market in NZ by killing the clean car discount + making fees to import gas guzzling cars nearly 80% cheaper. EV sales dropped 70% in NZ while globally sales rose